LordLicentious
Digital Bohemian
- Joined
- Sep 29, 2019
- Location
- Your darkest fantasies
"Alright, that's our time. Don't forget, everyone, the theme for next month's short stories will be romance, so be sure to do your research sooner rather than later."
Jyo Kitanji thumps the book next to him, imitating a gavel, and with some light chuckles, the Tendo High School Literature Club adjourned for the week. Last to leave, he straightens the collar of his uniform, and pushes his glasses up along the bridge of his nose. At six feet tall, he's quite the imposing figure for someone not involved in sports. Rather, he's the school's best student, boasting top marks in every subject. However, lately, he's found himself terribly bored with the whole affair. Schoolwork hardly challenges him, and he's grown quite sick of his classmates. The fake smiles they wear for those who conform, which quickly give way to sneers of contempt should anyone step out of line, Jyo can no longer tolerate them. Even the literature club has become a chore, constantly dealing with obvious, safe, unimaginative pablum. He thinks back to the horror stories the club had written this month, and how every last one of them was some paint-by-numbers variation on Shadow over Innsmouth. He shudders, for all the wrong reasons, wishing he'd never bothered translating it for them. He's already dreading the next month's cavalcade of nauseating will-they, won't-they drivel.
If only he could encounter a challenge that might engage his mind. If only he might meet someone who wasn't concerned about how others saw them, who existed true to themselves and their desires. But, where would he find that? Even if he did, he thought wryly, it would be horribly cliched....
Jyo Kitanji thumps the book next to him, imitating a gavel, and with some light chuckles, the Tendo High School Literature Club adjourned for the week. Last to leave, he straightens the collar of his uniform, and pushes his glasses up along the bridge of his nose. At six feet tall, he's quite the imposing figure for someone not involved in sports. Rather, he's the school's best student, boasting top marks in every subject. However, lately, he's found himself terribly bored with the whole affair. Schoolwork hardly challenges him, and he's grown quite sick of his classmates. The fake smiles they wear for those who conform, which quickly give way to sneers of contempt should anyone step out of line, Jyo can no longer tolerate them. Even the literature club has become a chore, constantly dealing with obvious, safe, unimaginative pablum. He thinks back to the horror stories the club had written this month, and how every last one of them was some paint-by-numbers variation on Shadow over Innsmouth. He shudders, for all the wrong reasons, wishing he'd never bothered translating it for them. He's already dreading the next month's cavalcade of nauseating will-they, won't-they drivel.
If only he could encounter a challenge that might engage his mind. If only he might meet someone who wasn't concerned about how others saw them, who existed true to themselves and their desires. But, where would he find that? Even if he did, he thought wryly, it would be horribly cliched....